SuperSeal Olympic Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic

Race started and upon entering the water, my right goggle completely filled with sea water. I tried rolling to my back and dumping it a couple times, but it kept filling. Was worried I had ripped it. Eventually I decided just to suck it up and swim. Swam like that for 10 minutes or so, then decided to try again. Finally got a seal, and kept going. Ughh...

My drafting was horrible. Even worse, when I did try, I followed a group of people heading to the wrong buoy. Once the lead swimmer noticed this, we all changed directions and had to swim out a few hundred meters more.

Overall, not a very good swim. Still had fun with it though.

Buy new goggles. Test the goggle seal before the start. Not blindly follow the pack, no matter how big it is.

21st place out of 36. 12:00 behind 1st.

LONG run to T1 from the water, but it went well. Got out of the wetsuit as soon as I got up to the concrete, and then just ran with it from there. Definitely think this was a smart move, as I was in and out of the actual transition area very quickly.

Spent 10 seconds throwing my Garmin 305 on, but I'm a tech geek, and knew I'd regret not having the data if I skipped it.

Nothing. Good T1.

8th place out of 36. 1:27 behind 1st.

Felt strong on the bike, but didn't push overly hard. Settled in and just maintained good speed. Stayed aero except for the 180* turn around points. Took 2 Hammer gels, 1/2 a bottle of my carbopro/hydralyte mix, and a full aero bottle of water.

Really had to take a leak, but absolutely refuse to go on my bike. Was hoping I'd sweat it off, but knew a pit stop was in my future.

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/5333500

Better planning to utilize course provided nutrition and fluids. I carried all my own stuff, but it ends up they were handing out the same stuff.

Would also like to pick up an aero helmet, but doubt this was a factor.

Overall, decent bike.

9th place out of 36. 7:20 behind 1st.

Another good transition. Wiped off my feet the best I could, threw on my running shoes and took off.



Nothing.

6th place out of 36. :16 behind 1st.

After exiting T2, I ran straight to an open bathroom. Lost a good 30 seconds there, but figure it was worth it.

First mile was a little out of rhythm, but things evening worked out fine. Overall, I was reasonably happy with my run, though I'm definitely not fast. I haven't seen the official time sheets yet, but I assume I'm going to have lost the most amount of time to my other age groupers here.

Also, I thought it was just a blister coming on, but I must of missed a small rock and it ended up doing a number on the bottom of my big toe over the run. Can't say this affected my time any though.

Run splits:


Mi Dist Dur Heart
1.00 00:07:54 161
2.00 00:08:17 161
3.00 00:08:19 158
4.00 00:08:05 159
5.00 00:08:22 158
6.00 00:07:54 163
6.52 00:03:49 166

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/5333501

Really need to work on my speed work. I just don't have a very high cadence, and when I try to step it up, it just doesn't go well. I need to get to some of the local track workouts.

21st place of 36. 11:50 behind 1st.

Stretched a little. Grabbed a hot dog, some oranges and a banana. Just kept drinking a lot of water and Gatorade.


Definitely need to work on my swim drafting.

Also, though I didn't have a nutrition issue, I didn't stick to my plan, and this could be costly in longer distances.

Though I never cramped up today, I was caked in salt in the end. Definitely the saltiest I've ever been. Considering the FL 70.3 race is going to be considerably hotter and twice as long, I definitely need to focus on my electrolyte plan.

Finished 14th out of 36. 25 minutes behind 1st place.


Awesome event. Though not the glitz and glamor of a larger event, this was an incredibly well run, smaller event. Definitely enjoyed every minute and was actually sad for a few moments there when I saw the end.

Will be back next year for sure.